In the corridor outside the government hall of the Hussar General's Mansion in Chang'an, many petty officials heard that the Hussar was angry and did not dare to come near. They cowered in the corridor or pretended to have forgotten something, so they turned around and went back to prepare.
Come back after avoiding the limelight.
Outside the political hall are the two chambers. The east chamber basically revolves around the functions of the general's office, including the positions of chief historian, deputies, commanders, royal servants, etc., and manages military affairs, weapons, grain, horses and other matters respectively, as well as
There are also government affairs related to people's livelihood in Fei Qian's personal territory, internal government security, etc.
The Western Courtyard, generally speaking, is concerned with external affairs, including civil affairs, criminal justice, education, production, commerce, official evaluation, rumors and reports, etc. In other words, except for matters directly related to the military and Qiusi Feiqian, they are all under the Western Courtyard.
Scope of jurisdiction.
Therefore, the overall process of government affairs is probably that after the East and West Houses deal with it first, each chapter is sent to the Political Hall in a form, which is reviewed and approved by the chief administrative officer, and then submitted to Qiao Qifeiqian for reading, and then promulgated and issued. The person in charge of the Political Hall is the head of the East and West Houses.
Pang Tong, the director of the East Courtyard, went to supervise the construction of the general altar, so naturally only Xun You, the director of the West Courtyard, was left.
Xun You was driven out by Pei Qian and silently returned to the west courtyard.
Zhuge Jin, who had just returned to the west courtyard, saw Xun You returning to the courtyard sadly, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. After all, when he saw Fei Qian just now, the Qiaoqi seemed to be in a good mood, so why was he so angry all of a sudden?
"I wonder what my lord is angry about? Does it involve the West Courtyard?" Zhuge Jin stepped forward and whispered.
Some officials from the Western Courtyard also looked at Xun You nervously.
Xun You waved his hand and said, "Let's go away. There is no need to cause trouble. Everyone can do their job. This is the right thing to do."
Zhuge Jin originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but when he saw that Xun You had no intention of talking, he turned back helplessly, briefly greeted the other officials, and then left without mentioning anything.
In the east courtyard.
Although Feihe is the Wannian Order, he also has the post of Ma Zhengsi, and Wannian County is close to Chang'an, so basically he works in Chang'an most of the time, and only one-third of the time in a month is spent in Chang'an.
Within Wannian County.
Feihe is not completely stupid. Although it is said that Ma Zhengsi is a part-time official, and Wannian County is the official position, a county magistrate is more important than a position close to the hussar. It goes without saying that, plus it is
Under Fei Qian, it can be said that he is one of the few people in the Fei family who holds important positions, and he is even more reserved, proud, and a little proud.
Fei He was sitting cross-legged in the inner room of Ma Zhengsi drinking tea. Suddenly, a clerk from the department almost rolled in and almost crawled into the room. This immediately aroused Fei He's strong dissatisfaction: "Going in and out of the political hall is important to the country, how can we be rude?"
Pigs running around are as trivial as the marketplace!』
The clerk swallowed his saliva and said hurriedly: "It's not good! The hussar, the hussar is furious! I want to take your order!"
Fei He trembled, and the tea cup he was holding suddenly overturned. He was about to ask what happened when he heard a loud voice outside the door, "Wannian, Master Ma Zheng, where is Fei He Fei Zicheng?!"
Fei He suddenly became panicked. He wanted to escape, but he didn't dare. Moreover, he knew that escaping was useless, so he could only walk out of the room tremblingly. When he was about to say something, Xu Chu waved his hand and changed his mind without saying anything.
Head first, two other hussar guards came forward to hold the two sides, staring at each other. Feihe suddenly sweated on his forehead, coughed twice, and then calmed down and moved forward.
Xu Chu led Fei He to the gate of the political affairs hall, stood at the gate again, then slightly raised his hands to Fei He, and said two words "Stay a moment", without saying much, he asked Tong Tongqi to say
Feihe has arrived.
Fei He was hesitant to speak several times. He originally wanted to ask Xu Chu. After all, Xu Chu was outside the political affairs hall, so the distance was somewhat closer. Did he hear any specific details? However, Xu Chu looked like a stranger.
As if entering, hesitating and not knowing how to speak...
After hesitating, he heard the guards in the hall yell, "The Hussar has passed the Ten Thousand Years Order, and the Ma Zhengsi has followed Cao!"
On Fei He's forehead, large beads of sweat were pouring down. He couldn't help but raise his sleeves to wipe it, and then straightened his clothes. Fang anxiously followed the guards into the courtyard of the political hall, walked around the corridor, and looked up to see the hall.
Fei Qian was not angry but powerful, and his stomach suddenly felt a little weak, and he knelt down with a puff, "I...I pay my respects to my lord..."
Fei Qian looked at Fei He, "Zicheng has been in power for ten thousand years, Ma Zheng, do you think there is anything unusual?"
Fei He trembled and swallowed, "I, I don't notice anything strange... anything unusual..."
"How much tax can we get this autumn in ten thousand years?" Fei Qian snorted softly, and then asked, "Guess, how many people? How many more people? How much disaster relief? Is there an average household?"
"This..." Fei He eagerly wanted to recall the numbers he had seen before, and big beads of sweat rolled down again, dripping on the floor. However, Fei He originally thought that as long as the main statistics were completed,
When I wanted to know, I could just look at the data, so I didn't bother to memorize it at all. When Fei Qian asked me about it, I couldn't say anything for a while, and finally I choked out, "
I am stupid, and the number... is so numerous that it is not clear for a while... If the lord wants to ask about this matter, why not call the master to come..."
"Haha..." Fei Qian couldn't help laughing, and then pointed to the seat next to him, "Zicheng, please take a seat..."
Seeing that Fei Qian's attitude seemed to have softened, Fei He took a breath secretly, thanked her quickly, wiped his sweat secretly, and sat aside.
"Are there any anecdotes in Wannian County?" Fei Qian said, "Zicheng might as well tell a story..." Wannian County was in the tenth year of Emperor Gao of the Western Han Dynasty. The emperor was buried in Yueyang Beiyuan, and was named Wannian Mausoleum.
When the county was established, Guo was thought to be the capital of Fengling, and then the administrative office was established.
Speaking of other things, Fei He cheered up and told in great detail about the poetry receptions, literary classics, etc. he had held during this period around Wannian. After all, presiding over folk education was also part of the county magistrate's work.
So Feihe was quite proud when he said this, and even sang the poem that was used to praise the hussar general Fei Qian: "The hussar is setting the border, and he is benevolent to the three assistants. He is diligent and seeks talents, he is open to the world, and he protects the common people."
Xi...』
"Okay, okay..." Fei Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "So, in Ma Zhengsi, Zicheng is also the master of education and can be used by others?"
"Yes, yes, what the lord said is true..." Fei He was not very clear about the seriousness of the situation. He thought that he had passed the test, so he said with a smile, "As the saying goes, knowing people and being good at them is just like the son's inheritance.
In politics, you choose your talents and make them work. Feng Jianzi can handle important matters, Zi Dashu is beautiful and elegant in writing, Gongsun Hui can know what the four kingdoms are doing, and he can do everything. Zi Chan asks Ziyu what the four kingdoms are doing, and most of them are rhetoric.
.Feng Jianzi also used the envoy to cut it off, and Cheng was appointed to the uncle to treat the guests. Therefore, there was rarely any failure. This was a matter of etiquette, and everyone took their own positions..."
Fei Qian nodded, smiled slightly and said: "However, Zi Chan also said that the nature of a villain is to be brave and stingy about misfortune. He who seeks fame by fulfilling his nature...Does Zi Cheng think so?"
"Ah?" Fei He was stunned, knowing that something was wrong, his heart suddenly started to beat, and his face turned gloomy.
"Though things have been like this for thousands of years, it's no wonder that the horse administration is in ruins..." Fei Qian still had a smile on his face, but his voice became colder, "The tax grass in the stables changes every year, and new grass comes back, but where do the old materials go? The horses died of illness.
, the rubber bands are stored in the warehouse, and the meat dealer is in the market, there is no value, and there is no accounting! A certain soldier left Yuzhou and lost less than a thousand when he went to battle. When he returned to the third auxiliary, his wounded and disabled war horses were twice as many! There are dangerous things in the stables.
Better than the battlefield!』
Nowadays, the number of war horses is increasing year by year. Although the value of grass, beans, etc. is not high in single terms, the number is huge, and every time the seasons change, especially when new grass is deposited.
At that time, there would be more or less old forage and bean feed in various stables, but at this time, there was only an account of how much forage and bean feed had been newly put into the warehouse. The old ones were labeled as "rotted and discarded".
All canceled.
There are also war-damaged, sick and disabled horses. According to the regulations, there are precise accounts for war horses. When they are alive, it is easy to tell, and when they die, they must be written off with horse skins. Under such regulations and accounts, these people also have countermeasures. Horse skins
Horse tendons, etc. are stored in the warehouse, and horse meat, horse bones, etc. are often sold, and the proceeds are not recorded at all.
If it were just like this, Fei Qian wouldn't be too angry, because when the water is clear, there will be no fish. For thousands of years, in the feudal dynasty, all public power and administrative agencies must have some dirty tricks to hide their secrets, eat, drink, and use them.
This is normal. But this time, perhaps because Fei Qian felt that he was concerned about the general, or because he was blinded by greed, he actually falsely reported the number of battle losses and wrote off the whales!
The number of false reports may not be the only one at this time, but should have been reported before. Firstly, the number is small, and secondly, Feihe is also a corpse-eater, so he did not notice it before, or he accepted the benefits and indulged himself. Then these silverfish became more and more courageous.
The greater the number, the more they all took advantage of this hussar expedition to take advantage of this opportunity to make a small sum of money. As a result, when the sums were added together, there was naturally a huge difference.
Accounting, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was often recorded with pure textual descriptions, and the outlines used were not very clear. Starting from the Qin Dynasty, it has begun to have some scale.
The Qin Dynasty mainly used two pillars, that is, the two aspects of entry and exit. However, because the various income and expenses stipulated at that time were generally relatively fixed and simple, the accounting method like a running account was generally
Barely enough.
By the Han Dynasty, it was not only necessary to simply register the number of entries and exits, but also to register the source and destination. In addition, inventory was also added, which basically formed a three-column accounting system, incoming and outgoing, and surplus. Basically, it can reflect
The ins and outs of each item are naturally much better than those of the Spring and Autumn Period and Pre-Qin Dynasty.
However, this approach still has big problems.
Fei Qian had previously promulgated the four-pillar accounting method and issued it to all localities to learn to use it. However, once the four-pillar accounting was introduced, it was equivalent to calculating the previous old accounts one by one, and then making up the entries, which was not only time-consuming and cumbersome, but also
Many problems will be exposed, so many places did not switch to it immediately, and many places still continue to use three-pillar accounting.
The so-called "four pillars" refer to old management, new admissions, and expulsions. They are seen in four parts, that is, in addition to outgoing, incoming, and remaining, a knot is added. In simple terms, it is three-pillar accounting. Most of them only reflect
The situation of the year, and after adding the balance account, that is, the old accounting, the years are not separated, and a top-down connection is formed.
Just like the previous promotion of the new land policy, which also encountered resistance from the old system, the four-pillar accounting method will obviously hurt the interests of many people. It can be said that Bingbei Land was built by Fei Qian, such as Sanfu
In the land of Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu, old practices have been used for a long time. In addition, arithmetic is different from Confucian classics. It is not possible to know the secrets by just reading two words. Therefore, there have always been policies and countermeasures. On the surface, it is to change
If they want to make changes, they don't take any actual action at all. When asked, they bring out a large number of old account books to complain. Then there are many officials in charge, just like Fei He, who are not good at calculation at all. When you look at these accounts, they are like a bible.
I didn’t even know how to get started, so I naturally just put it off day by day, month by month...
Fei Qian threw the official seal of Ma Zhengsi on the desk in front of Fei He, "I would like to ask you, before signing, is there a check and check? Is there a clear number?!"
The seals on the watch are messy, and the words are as ink-stained as blood.
Fei He was so scared that he trembled all over. He tried to pick up the watch several times but dropped it. Finally, he simply gave up and put his head on the ground, "I am guilty, guilty..."
"You also know that you are guilty? The reason why the Fei family thrives and controls Shandong is because of the strength of the army! If someone entrusts you with horse administration, it is tantamount to handing over the wealth and life of the Fei family to your hands! How can you be so lazy?
Call yourself Fei? Do you have the face to comfort your father?!" Fei Qian fluttered his sleeves, paused for a moment, and then asked, "You are telling the truth, are you collecting money or accepting bribes?"
"Guilty minister, sinful minister..." Fei He kowtowed repeatedly, "Absolutely not...well, I just collected some small things, but absolutely no money!"
Fei Qian looked at him, silent for a while, and finally said indifferently: "Just take off your hat and go home to deal with your crime."
Fei He trembled, took off his crown on his own, and then staggered out with his hair disheveled, like a zombie.
In the officialdom, greetings and send-offs, some worldly feelings have always been unavoidable throughout the ages. If he only accepted some literati seals and played with utensils, Fei He would be focusing on the crime of malfeasance. On the contrary, if Fei He was not only aware of the problems,
, and also participated in it and accepted bribes for personal gain, then it is not just a crime of dereliction of duty...
In the political hall, although it is solemn and magnificent, the red and black screens are decorated with gold and silver outlines, and the vermilion columns reach the beams, it seems that everything is in the light, but in fact, beyond the sight, there are still
Hide the darkness.
Fei Qian has always known that there are some problems of one kind or another under his rule, and this kind of problem does not mean that a decree can be issued in the court, and then the hidden dangers can be immediately eliminated. You need to know that China has been doing this since ancient times.
There is a proper noun called "Three Orders and Five Applications"!
Even in the era of later generations where everyone has access to the Internet and information spreads extremely fast, there are still many petty officials who are cheating, doing bad things, and relying on a little power to make money crazily. How much more so in the feudal dynasty and the current era of the Han Dynasty?
Fei He was expelled without the crown, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. Before they could recover, they heard another command from the hussar in the political hall: "Please come here, please order Xu Taishi!"
The place where Xu Yue was monitoring astronomy was in the north of Chang'an, in the Lishan Mountains, fifty or sixty miles away from Chang'an. He sent the troops there and then waited for Xu Yue to arrive. It was getting late and approaching dusk.
Throughout the past dynasties, most people who specialized in astronomy were relatively poor. On the one hand, the study of astronomy is vast and vast, and if you really get into it, you will be somewhat disdainful of the mundane world. On the other hand, if you want to really study it, these data need to be observed every day.
, fixed time and fixed point, monotonous repetition day after day, if you don’t have great perseverance, it will be difficult to complete such work. And since you have great perseverance, the temptations of food, clothing, sensuality, dogs and horses in life will naturally not affect you personally.
.
Xu Yue was like this, and so was Kan Ze who followed Xu Yue.
Since taking over the task of revising the calendar, Xu Yue and Kan Ze led a group of dedicated personnel to observe the celestial phenomena every day and record the stars every night, day after day, month after month, and then reconciled with the old calendar.
Checking and calculating the calendar, deducing the accumulation of deviations caused by the movement of celestial bodies, and then dividing the time and writing off the errors. All the work is boring and cumbersome. Naturally, there is no way to have a drink or indulge in sex.
time.
If officials are poor, I am afraid that those responsible for observing astronomy are the most impoverished and have the least amount of money to make.
So this time, what Fei Qian planned to use was Xu Yue, Kan Ze and a series of other people who focused on astronomy and arithmetic.
"The meaning of Hussar is..." Xu Yue is an honest man and his reaction is a little slow. After meeting Fei Qian and hearing Fei Qian's so-called "audit" strategy, he was still a little confused and could not react immediately.
We can’t even comprehend what it will mean if auditing is really implemented.
"Senior brother, I have troubled you to recruit people who are good at accounting. This autumn, I will go to Sanfu to check the accounts of all counties and counties, verify the incoming and outgoing balances, clearly understand the warehouses, and teach the four-pillar accounting method. Next year, they will be divided into four groups and rush to the north.
, Longyou, Hanzhong, Sichuan-Sichuan accounting!" Fei Qian had to explain in detail again.
When the Audit Office went to the countryside, I asked if I was afraid or panicked? Because these auditors were all transferred from the Taishi Lingtai and had no direct contact with other counties and counties, so naturally there were fewer constraints.
Of course, it is said that it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality. After these people are scattered in all directions, it is inevitable that they will be corrupted and dragged down for one reason or another.
However, doesn't Fei Qian still have the group of Mo family members hiding in the countryside on hand?
On the surface, the Audit Office is inspecting the place, but secretly the Mo family is observing the situation. The two lines report at the same time and correspond to each other. If there are still problems in this way, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it will come again in three to five years to review and account. If the old accounts are revealed
If it doesn't match, just follow the clues.
Fei Qian was thinking about embalming, but Xu Yue frowned and said: "The calendar involves a huge number of things and there are many things. There is already a shortage of manpower. If this happens and we use him again, I'm afraid..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..." Fei Qian said with a smile, "After the general ceremony, we will open a new examination and set up another Mingsheng Department. All those who can be used will be placed under senior brothers, how about it?"
Xu Yue then nodded.
Fei Qian laughed, and then ordered the attendants in the corridor to send the evening breasts into the hall. While chatting with Xu Yue about the progress of the calendar, he also talked about some other miscellaneous things...
Although it only took half a day, Fei Qian scolded Fei He face to face, and the news about Fei He's treatment of the crime family seemed to have wings and flew to various places in Chang'an city in the blink of an eye, which immediately attracted the attention of many people, especially
Some people suddenly realized what happened after hearing about Xu Yue's incident. Before night fell and the city defenses were not closed, they hurried to the bookstore and copied things such as "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", etc.
